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　　 This time the arrest of slaves has come to an end, and it should be impossible to go there for at least one or two years in the future.

　　Because in the boreal forest, there are fewer and fewer carat tribes. There is no carat tribe in the area within 50 kilometers of Fort Merand.

　　 They all moved to deeper parts of the frigid forest because of the Northern Army's sweeps, hoping to avoid the powerful Northern Army's sweeps.

This time, the sweeping corps walked more than 70 kilometers into the cold zone forest. In such a cold winter, the forest is colder than in previous years. If Leiner had not prepared enough for the soldiers, I am afraid that the temperature alone would be fine. Let this army lose 30%.

Earl Leyland also marched very cautiously, always paying attention to the temperature of the soldiers. Every time he marched for more than one and a half hours, he would order the soldiers to rest and drink some hot soup to maintain their body temperature in such ice and snow. is very important.

　　 In this way, with the soldiers under his command, Earl Leyland returned to the outside of Mecalon City.

　　Because Rainer gave the food at the right time, none of his vassals on the grassland can and did not suffer much loss.

　　 When Earl Leyland led the army and a large number of prisoners back to Mekalong City, the winter was almost over.

　　 The snow melted during the day, but it formed an ice layer at night. Under the alternation of day and night, the entire northern border became a huge glacier.

　　 Almost no one dared to go out casually at this time, they didn't want to be smashed to the ground by these smooth ice cubes.

　　 Therefore, the return journey of this army was extremely difficult. There were even dozens of people who broke their bones because of the slippery road and had to temporarily enter the wounded state.

　　 After the soldiers returned to the barracks with a swollen nose, Rainer called Earl Leyland, Wynd, and Lombard into his study.

　　 "How is the battle and the results this time? How are our soldiers performing on the battlefield?" Rainer first focused his attention on the town of Earl Leyland, and he was looking forward to the answers from the recruits.

　　 "Very good, my sire!" Earl Leyland smiled and nodded.

"Our recruits received excellent militia training before joining the army, and they also trained very hard after they entered the army. They have applied what they learned on the training ground to the enemy. Now they Some of them are already soldiers who have seen blood!"

After hearing Earl Leyland’s words, Rainer nodded his head with satisfaction. Six months of training allowed these soldiers to have good combat effectiveness. Then only a few months later, they should bear the same responsibilities and responsibilities as the veterans. The combat mission.

　　 Now he is only worried about whether the army of his vassals is undergoing assiduous and rigorous training as they said. If everything goes well, then his own will almost be able to start ahead of schedule.

　　 After Earl Leyland finished his report, Rainer began to inquire about the performance of Wend and Lombard on the battlefield.

　　 I only heard that Earl Leyland praised the two people greatly, and the words were full of praise for their talents.

"I have to say that the two of them are very talented in warfare. Perhaps it is because of the blood and the excellent education of the ancestors of the Merland family. They mastered the essentials of combat very quickly, over two months. Became a qualified commander!"

　　 "It is true that they are still slightly inadequate in commanding combat experience, and they are still unable to flexibly command troops to deal with any situation, but it must be admitted that they can already serve as the commander of a wing!"

　　 Listening to Earl Leyland's praise, Wend and Lombard glanced at each other with joy, obviously proud of their performance in the battle.

Reiner watched the two dumbfounded knocking on the table, signalling them to pay attention to their manners, and then said: "That's good, the training of the wounded will be left to you, and then you will give me the list of killed. I will send someone to deal with it!"

　　Rainer, as the Great Duke of the North, he divided the power into more detail.

Although Earl Leyland is the highest officer of several infantry regiments, he is usually only responsible for formulating training plans and handing them over to Reiner to make decisions. At the same time, he is appointed and dismissed from the lowest-level team officer to the regiment leader of an wing. The power is in Lena's own hands.

　　 In addition, there are also salaries. The money is not in the hands of Earl Leyland. There are special people who pay the soldiers.

Although Earl Leyland is loyal to himself, Lehner wants to establish this system. Now the loyalty of Earl Leyland can be guaranteed, but he will always get old and die. What can I do if the official deducts food rates?

　　Earl Leyland nodded, and then left Rainer's study and returned to the barracks to deal with those complicated things.

　　Leiner looked at the two of them, couldn't help but smiled, and then gave a thumbs up and said, "You two are good! Now I will wait until the real battle for you to make contributions!"

On the other side of the imperial capital, the little emperor was very satisfied with the training status of his guards. In half a year, they had initially gained combat effectiveness, unlike when they were serfs in the first place. Variety.

　　 The most important thing is that the little emperor spent a lot of money to equip each of his 500 guards with a full-body chain armor.

　　 This is ~lightnovelpub.net~ the only fully armoured unit in the Imperial Capital in recent years.

　　 In order to obtain these iron armors, the little emperor obtained steel from various sources, and then asked the blacksmiths in the imperial capital to build the armors.

　　 First, he bought steel from the smugglers, and when the smugglers had run out of steel, he bought steel from the Kingdom of Bukden.

　　 If he hadn't had two gold mines at his disposal, he wouldn't be able to afford so much steel.

　　 But it was worth the cost. Now this 500-man guard also looks like a little elite, at least it doesn't look the same as before.

　　 The little emperor has not been idle these days, he has attracted many people in various departments of the empire, and even put his own confidant in.

　　 I have to say that the emperor's identity still has a righteous name. Under the emperor's name, he only needs to show some kindness, and the people below will be grateful for Dade's loyalty to him.

　　 However, his actions caused the queen's dissatisfaction.

The queen looked at the little emperor Carter with a stern look, and said angrily: "Carter! What do you mean by this? Put your own hands in those places and pay so much money to buy steel. You are not a fool! So what do you buy that expensive steel for?"

"Wait until Grand Duke Rainer is eliminated, are you still worried about not having steel?" The queen was very upset about what the little emperor had done during this period. He paid attention to everything, as if he no longer needed himself. This The queen felt very insecure.